Onsite Duckabush Industry Day Q and As Revised.pdf

Duckabush Industry Day Questions

1. Will proposals be price based, or include technical criteria? How much will technical criteria be weighted? What are the anticipated areas of technical criteria to be?

a. Solicitation will be Best Value Tradeoff. Anticipated Source Selection Evaluation Criteria include technical, small business commitment, and price proposal criteria.

Technical criteria will most likely include technical approach and schedule, past performance, and key personnel.

2. Do you anticipate 100% funding or staged construction with multiple phases? How much is currently funded?

a. Single contract in one phase. Federal funding capability is noted for fiscal year 2026 but has not been obtained yet. Non-federal sponsor funds for cost-share match have been obtained by WDFW.

3. What FY is funding anticipated in?

a. Federal funding is expressed as a capability for fiscal year 2026, subject to the availability of funding.

4. What is WSDOT’s role in the project?

a. Pre-award, WSDOT is providing design of US101, Duckabush Road, and Dark Road.

As part of the solicitation package, WSDOT is providing cost estimate assistance, specification drafting, and plan sheet packages for WSDOT Design Features. During construction, WSDOT is also providing assistance with quality assurance and inspection through QA side-by-side testing and DOT-related subject matter expertise.

5. Where are the staging areas in relation to the existing alignment?

Staging areas are at the WDFW parking area along the south approach to the Duckabush River crossing of US101 and on private land accessed via Dark road north of the Duckabush estuary.

6. Where is the proposed alignment in regard to the existing UNT culvert?

a. The proposed US 101 alignment is approximately 4 ft west of the existing alignment

US 101 in this location. The new culvert alignment is in a similar location to the existing culvert alignment.

7. What is USACE’s role in the project?

a. USACE is soliciting the construction contract and overseeing the construction contract. USACE will have the contract with the design-bid-build contractor and lead construction management with a team including the Procuring Contracting Officer, Administrative Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer Representative, and Quality Assurance Representatives.

8. What is the solicitation time period anticipated? (Note: three contractors specifically mentioned that the complexity of the project logistics would justify a 90-day solicitation, with two others mentioning concerns about being able to refine it sufficiently in a 60-day period)

a. Solicitation time period has not been finalized but a 60 day period is a possibility.

The Government is planning on releasing a draft solicitation for industry input prior to the official solicitation release.

9. Will the utility pole near the unnamed tributary (UNT) be relocated?

a. Pole to the west of the UNT will remain.

10. What material is called out in the typical section for the temporary work platforms?

a. Quarry Spalls

11. Why quarry spalls (in regard to temporary work platforms); why not other material?

a. The temporary work platforms, shown in the WSDOT plans, is a conceptual plan.

The temporary work platforms will be contractor-designed. The contractor may choose any material they would like, as long as they meet requirements from environmental permits and are acceptable upon review by the design and quality assurance teams.

12. Will comms be moved before construction?

a. Yes

13. How far off from the existing alignment does the bridge go?

a. It varies, but about 110’ north of the south bridge and 90’ north of the north bridge (measured from existing alignment to proposed alignment)

14. Will temporary signals be used?

a. Temporary signals are shown in the Traffic Control Plans at certain stages of construction.

15. Will there be means and methods for pile removal?

a. Pile removal means and method are left to the contractor, following EPA Region 10

Best Management Practices.

16. Will all fill on the South Parking Lot be cut from the existing causeways that are being demolished?

17. Will all woody debris for the engineered log jam come from this site?

18. What is the clearance from the tidelands to the concrete girders?

a. Defer to plans

19. Will the whole causeway that the US101 runs on currently be removed as part of this project?

a. Most of the causeway, yes; refer to plans

20. Can the contractors build temporary platforms to span the width of the main channels?

a. No, the temporary platforms adjacent to the existing US101 are to be the main access points.

21. Will the temporary platforms be a contractor designed element?

22. Will the shellfish access platform be a contractor designed element?

a. No

23. What are the exact locations of the piers?

a. Defer to plans

24. Will a Project Labor Agreement be required?

a. Yes, currently, this is a requirement.